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Two years after playing major roles in the World Cup final that the hosts won, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh find themselves omitted from the India squad for the next major ICC event, the Champions Trophy commencing June 6.On April 2, 2011, the 31-year-old Gambhir scored 97 off 122 balls and anchored the Indian innings brilliantly during the memorable and successful run-chase against Sri Lanka.Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (91 not out) and Yuvraj (21 not out) then guided the hosts home past ...

The Indian women's cricket team rode on a disciplined bowling performance to register a 58-run victory over Bangladesh in the third and final One-day International and inflict a 3-0 whitewash on the visitors in Ahmedabad on Friday. Electing to bat, India were all out for a modest 154 in 48.3 overs, but they managed to defend it by bundling out the Bangladeshis for just 96 in 41.1 overs. Poonam Yadav was the pick of the bowlers with figures of three for 15 from 10 overs. Swagatika Rath (2/15) ...

198 Tests 15837 runs 51 Test hundreds 463 ODIs 18426 runs 49 ODI hundreds That's cricket's run-machine, Sachin Tendulkar! Sure, most of you must have witnessed some of those knocks, since his first in Pakistan in 1989 when he was only 16 years of age, or encountered him. Share your memories. Write about your impressions of the batting legend who will turn 40 on Wednesday, April 24. Click here to ...

Team India maintained their top position in the latest ICC ODI ranking list with 119 points followed by England and Australia. According to the fresh list issued, India is closely followed by England on 117 points and Australia are third on 116 points. Since India top the table as per cut-off date, they will receive the shield and will collect a cheque of $175,000, while England will receive $75,000 for finishing second. Rising star Virat Kohli and India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni maintained ...

Tillakaratne Dilshan's 17th one-day century proved in vain on Thursday as Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by three wickets under the Duckworth/Lewis rain rule to win the third and final one-day international and share the series one-all. Sri Lanka looked to be in control when they ran up an impressive 302 for nine after choosing to bat first. But Bangladesh whose run chase was interrupted in the 14th over when they were 78-1, were then set a revised target of 183 to win off 27 overs. They were given ...

Sri Lanka Test and ODI skipper Angelo Mathews has been named to lead the Pune Warriors India in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier league, commencing on April 3. Allan Donald will be the head coach of the side, while Rob Walters comes on board as assistant coach and will be the fitness trainer and fielding coach of the team. - I don't like to set targets for myself: Tendulkar Praveen Amre, meanwhile, will continue to be the assistant coach. However Mathews won't be available during Pune ...

The new rules in One-Day International cricket have made it difficult for slow bowlers, Pakistan's experienced leg-spinner Shahid Afridi said on Monday. The former Pakistan captain has 348 victims in 352 One-Dayers but is without a wicket in the first three games in South Africa who lead the five-match series 2-1 going into the fourth contest in Durban on Thursday. “As a spinner it is not easy bowling under the new rules. Not only me but all our spinners have struggled,” Afridi told ...

Former all rounder Darren Lehmann has emerged as a firm favourite to become Australia's next limited-overs coach. It is understood that Cricket Australia (CA) is looking at splitting the roles of Test, One-day and Twenty20 coach in the future and Lehmann is in the box seat to be a national limited-overs coach, News.com.au reported. Queensland Cricket's clean sweep of domestic trophies is in no small part due to Lehmann's coaching, as he made sure the players were not only training and playing ...

Ramnaresh Sarwan's unbeaten 120 fired West Indies to a seven-wicket victory in their second One-day International against Zimbabwe on Sunday, ensuring the Caribbeans sealed the three-match series 2-0. Sarwan's 143-ball knock, his highest score in One-day Internationals, drove the hosts past Zimbabwe's 273 with an over to spare in St. George's, Grenada. Having enjoyed an easy win in the first match on Friday, West Indies were pushed harder by the tourists, who set a challenging total courtesy of ...